#C9743F#C9743F

#C9743F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.127 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9743F
RGB	rgb(201, 116, 63)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 28.92, 42.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 51.74, 56.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0802 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.127 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2326, 25.2705, 7.9345)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9743F #3F94C9

analogous

#C93F4F #C9743F #C9B93F

triadic

#C9743F #3FC974 #743FC9

tetradic

#C9743F #4FC93F #3F94C9 #B93FC9

square

#C9743F #4FC93F #3F94C9 #B93FC9

split-complementary

#C9743F #3FC9B9 #3F4FC9

monochromatic

#6F3E1F #9E582D #C9743F #D6976F #E4B99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#C9743F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#C9743F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9743F

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9743F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9743F	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB6368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9743f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 116, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.127 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9d76',
    500: '#c9743f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9743f;
$custom-light: #df9d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9743f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.043,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64298,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9743F

secondary

#94B9D0

accent

#A5DF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9743F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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